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An early Victorian bronze model of an ostrich
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An early Victorian bronze model of an ostrich

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An early Victorian bronze model of an ostrich
Modelled with inset glass eyes, on rockwork plinth -- 8in. (20cm.) high; and a cold painted bronze model of a donkey, possibly Austrian, late 19th century -- 6in. (15.2cm.) high (2)
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Roderick Butler, A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600-1900, Exhibition catalogue, 2001.
Page 6, item 1, lists and illustrates a comparable bird candlestick, the cast marked by Thomas Abbot, listed between 1818 to 1839.